Exercise 5 (Manufacturing Overhead Budget)
The direct labor budget of Kiko Corporation for the upcoming fiscal year
contains the following details concerning budgeted direct labor-hours.
1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter
Budgeted direct labor
hour........... 5,000 4,800 5,200 5,400
The company's variable manufacturing overhead rate is P1.75 per direct labor hour and the company's fixed manufacturing overhead is P35,000 per quarter. The only noncash item included in the fixed manufacturing overhead is depreciation, which is P15,000 per quarter.
Required:
Compute the company’s manufacturing overhead rate (including both
variable and fixed manufacturing overhead) for the upcoming fiscal year.
Round off to the nearest whole centavos.